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Have your say on 'brown field' sites
Residents are being asked to suggest uses for more than 70 sites in the Keighley area which have been identified by Bradford Council officers for new development. The locations have been earmarked as part of a Council vacant urban land survey, which has
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Theft has shaken my faith in police
The 84-year-old widow who had her savings stolen by a policeman, while advising her on crime prevention, today spoke about the toll the case has taken on her health. And Doris Midwood said the incident had shaken her trust in an institution she always
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'We all back bid for new church'
A minister today told how his entire congregation is behind plans to demolish their historic Bingley church and replace it with a modern new building. Reverend David Johnson, the longest serving Methodist minister in the Bradford area, admitted there
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O'Leary shows off his own 'diamond'
FA Cup replay: Leeds United 3, Rushden & Diamonds 1; by Richard Sutcliffe. Elland Road's very own diamond Alan Smith prevented Leeds United from slipping to the most embarrassing defeat in their history with a double strike to sink plucky non-leaguers
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City Talk, with Richard Sutcliffe
With the tight nature of this season's race to reach the Premiership showing no signs of abating, form team Bradford City must fancy their chances of snatching an automatic promotion place. Since losing 3-0 at home to Queens Park Rangers in late November
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I will get a grip!
Bradford City defender Andy O'Brien has pledged to get to grips with his game to prevent him seeing red again this season. The 19-year-old was sent off for two holding offences against Grimsby striker Jack Lester during their recent 2-1 FA Cup third round
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Sing the praises of Bradford
The idea of boosting the number of Bradford "ambassadors" is an excellent one. The concept has already been pioneered successfully via the four people chosen two years ago to take part in a pilot scheme. Their task has been to spread the good news about
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Personal Finance: Alan Mills anwsers your questions
l Q I have a variety of investments including PEPs and unit trusts and I am looking to invest a further amount from which I want to take an income. As the existing ones are more geared for growth, what sort of thing should I be looking at? l A If you
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Residents to carry on floodlight fight
Residents opposing a lottery bid for floodlit sports facilities next to their homes have vowed to fight on. The £1.6 million bid to upgrade the facilities at Otley's Prince Henry's Grammar School is being put together by Leeds City Council's leisure services
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City to pick 50 special envoys
Bradford Council is poised to appoint dozens of ambassadors to sell the district across Britain and abroad. A total of 50 people will be named by summer in the pioneering scheme to boost the district's image. The ambassadors must be committed to singing
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Do not fear status switch, parents told
Parents have been reassured that a change in the status of Bradford's biggest state school will not affect the education of their children. Hanson School is the first in Bradford to formally drop its grant maintained status and move back under the control
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Children's thanks for school appeal
Youngsters from Sri Lanka have sent a message of thanks to Telegraph & Argus readers for providing them with much needed stationery equipment Ernest Cowley, of Bierley, who launched the appeal in the T&A last summer, said the children were delighted
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Station swoop on the fare-dodgers
A squad of ticket inspectors swooped on Bradford's Forster Square train station today as part of a regional crackdown on fare dodgers. Twelve staff from rail operators Northern Spirit staff checked commuters' tickets between the 7.30am to 9.30am peak
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Pull the plug, the baby's coming!
Little Brandon Hatfield narrowly avoided becoming a water baby after his mum went into labour in the bath. But thanks to ambulance operator Jane Whitehouse there was just enough time to pull the bath plug before Brandon arrived, weighing 8lb 15oz. His
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Work begins on £618,000 revamp
Work has begun on a £618,000 facelift of Keighley railway station to bring it back to its former glory. It forms part of Railtrack's multi-million pound nationwide station regeneration programme and will involve extensive repairs to the station building
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Our history is not bunk, says town
A report which states that Otley is not an historic town has provoked outrage among residents and civic leaders. The inspector of Leeds' Unitary Development Plan makes the claim in his draft recommendations for housing on green belt land in the north
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College site homes will reflect heritage
Housing plans for the soon-to-close Ilkley College campus have been revealed. Harrogate-based Crest Homes (Northern) Ltd outlined its initial ideas to representatives of civic bodies at a meeting this week. The number of houses it wants to build has not
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Church to be HQ for green groups
A derelict Victorian church in a picturesque village is being transformed into open plan offices for environmental groups at a cost of £260,000. Work started this week on renovating the former United Reformed church - built in 1882 - in Village Street
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Own up
An MP today demanded that Bradford social services chiefs should "come clean" about their involvement with Child A - who is at the centre of the Ashworth Hospital scandal. Bradford North MP Terry Rooney said a "catalogue of errors" led to the girl, now
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Terry Parkinson: Business Sense
It may seem to be stating the obvious but one would not expect VAT to apply to care services provided to the elderly and infirm. This is normally the case in respect of welfare services provided by public bodies and charities. However, the question is
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Firm leads way in tackling the Bug
A Pudsey firm is one of the first in the region to sign up to the Government's campaign to tackle the Millennium Bug. Xsite Limited's Year 2000 coordinator James Smith has signed the pledge which was drawn up by Action 2000. The pledge is a six-point
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Pair set to battle it out at Nunroyd Park
Athletics: Guiseley based club Skyrac are promoting the third race in the West Yorkshire Cross Country League, at Nunroyd Park on Sunday. The first two races at Northcliffe, Shipley and Nell Bank, Ilkley have given little indication as to where the mens
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Bees pay for failing to play tie
Rugby Union: Bradford and Bingley have been kicked out of the Yorkshire Cup for failing to fulfil their first round tie against West Park Bramhope within an acceptable timescale. The Yorkshire RFU sub-committee which deals with the administration of the
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Helen Mead: Why I'm proud to be dowdy!
There's something I've been itching to get off my chest. Ever since Cherie Blair stepped off the plane on an official visit to South Africa and was labelled "dowdy." And that is: "Don't despair, Cherie - I'm dowdy and proud of it." I'll go so far as to
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Security defeat for tenants
Families living in blocks of high-rise flats have lost their battle to block a state-of-the-art centralised security and caretaking system. Residents in Thorpe Edge have presented a 132-name petition to Bradford Council protesting about the plans, saying
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Mum wins battle over garden's broken glass
A mum has won her two-year battle to make a council remove broken glass from her garden. Alison Wardle, 26, of Westdale Drive, Pudsey, even threatened to take Leeds City Council to the High Court in London to get the glass, which is embedded all over
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Thorny issue of cactus scheme
A lifelong cactus expert's dreams of expanding his hobby have run into a prickly problem - residents don't want him. David Quail, from Culling-worth, wants to extend a farmhouse at Old Oak Farm, Moor Edge, Harden, to include living space, a garage and
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Snakepit sinks its teeth into survival fight
Bradford's first aggressive skateboard park faces closure at the end of the month unless owners can secure extra funding to guarantee its future. The Snakepit in Manchester Road, Odsal, is fighting for its survival as owners reveal it is losing up to
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Now his posters fetch a fortune
Airline worker Brian Baggott could never afford an original painting or print by David Hockney. But he did the next best thing and collected posters advertising the Bradford-born artist's exhibitions instead. Now part of his unrivalled hoard, chronicling
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'The final night of a prostitute's life'
The final few hours of prostitute Maureen Stepan's life were described at Sheffield Crown Court yesterday. Convicted pimp Nazakat Dad, who had a previous conviction for living off the earnings of prostitution, told how he spent several hours with Maureen
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Pledge is sought on stadium
Traders in Bradford city centre want a "no Meadowhall" pledge from Bradford Council over Odsal Stadium. New proposals being considered after John Garside's Super-dome bit the dust were being discussed at a meeting of Brad-ford Retail Action Group today
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Inquiry ordered as traffic dust soars
A transport chief today ordered an urgent inquiry as dust levels from traffic soared in the centres of Bradford, Bingley and Keighley. On three separate days in May, June and November last year the city centre readings shot above the Government's recommended
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The Council shifts Shipley to Bingley
Shipley folk couldn't believe their eyes when council workmen altered a street sign - moving them to Bingley overnight. One of the street signs in Selborne Terrace was already spelt incorrectly as Selbourne - but when replacement signs were put up, an
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'I would never hurt my baby girl'
A young mother accused of assaulting her baby daughter told police she would never deliberately harm her, a court heard. During interviews after her arrest in February 1997, Sara Tathum told the investigating officers: "I would never hurt her - not on
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Year in jail for mum who stole £43,000
A mother-of-three has been jailed for 12 months after a court heard she stole about £43,000 from a travel agent to pay off debts. Penny Lewis, 30, admitted eight charges of theft and asked for 63 other offences to be taken into consideration when she
